{{Short description|Demographic group}} {{Use Australian English|date=January 2018}} {{Use dmy dates|date=January 2018}} {{Infobox ethnic group |group = Romanian Australians |native_name = {{native name|ro|australienii români}} | population =Romanian: {{plainlist| * 15,268 (by birth, 2021) * 28,103 (by ancestry, 2021) }} |popplace = New South Wales, Victoria, Queensland |langs = Romanian{{·}}Australian English |rels = Eastern Orthodox Church,<br />Roman Catholicism, Protestantism and Judaism. |related = Romanian Americans, Romanian Canadians, Romanian Britons, Romanian Germans, Romanian French people, Other European peoples }} {{Romanians}} '''Romanian Australians''' may include those who have immigrated to Australia from Romania, and Australian-born citizens of Romanian descent. According to ABS (2021 census) figures, there are 15,268 people in Australia who were born in Romania<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.abs.gov.au/census/find-census-data/quickstats/2021/3211_AUS | title=2021 People in Australia who were born in Romania, Census Country of birth QuickStats | Australian Bureau of Statistics }}</ref> and 28,103 people with Romanian ancestry in Australia.<ref name=ABS2001>[https://www.abs.gov.au/census/find-census-data/quickstats/2021/3211_AUS Population by ancestry (Australia)], 2021 Australian census</ref>
Romanians were registered in Australia for the first time more than 80 years ago having emigrated for work seeking a more prosperous economic status, or as missionaries.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://culturalatlas.sbs.com.au/romanian-culture/romanian-culture-romanians-in-australia|title=Romanians in Australia}}</ref> But the first wave of Romanian emigrants to Australia came after World War II, when Romania was experiencing severe economic and political problems. The Romanians who were then emigrating to Australia principally settled in areas around Sydney, Melbourne and Brisbane. The number of Romanians who came to Australia at the time is estimated to be around 2,000 people.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2017-04-17 |title= Department of Home Affairs Website|url=https://www.border.gov.au/ReportsandPublications/Documents/research/people-australia-2013-statistics.pdf |access-date=2023-03-09 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170417222156/https://www.border.gov.au/ReportsandPublications/Documents/research/people-australia-2013-statistics.pdf |archive-date=17 April 2017 }}</ref>
The second wave of Romanian emigration to the Australian continent began after the Romanian Revolution of 1989, when the Communist regime fell and citizens received the right to leave Romania. They came in large numbers for the same reasons as the first-wave immigrants.
A diverse range of ethnic backgrounds can be found among the Romanian-born population in Australia, including Roma (Gypsies), Germans, Hungarians, Serbians, Russians, Greeks, Jews, Turks, and Bulgarians.<ref name="auto">{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=wgoFxfSTfYAC&dq=romanian+australians+are+ethnic+greeks&pg=PA1918-IA319|title=The Australian People: An Encyclopedia of the Nation, Its People and Their Origins|first=James|last=Jupp|date=1 October 2001|publisher=Cambridge University Press|isbn=978-0-521-80789-0 |accessdate=1 March 2024|via=Google Books}}</ref>
==History== Vasile Teodorescu, born in Galați in 1853, was one of the early Romanian settlers in Australia. He was the son of an Orthodox priest.<ref name="auto"/>
==Demographics== {{As of|2021}} the largest communities of Romanian-Australians could be found in Melbourne (5,221<ref>{{Cite web |title=2021 People in Greater Melbourne who were born in Romania, Census Country of birth QuickStats {{!}} Australian Bureau of Statistics |url=https://www.abs.gov.au/census/find-census-data/quickstats/2021/3211_2GMEL |access-date=2024-07-17 |website=www.abs.gov.au}}</ref>), Sydney (3,128<ref>{{Cite web |title=2021 People in Greater Sydney who were born in Romania, Census Country of birth QuickStats {{!}} Australian Bureau of Statistics |url=https://www.abs.gov.au/census/find-census-data/quickstats/2021/3211_1GSYD |access-date=2024-07-17 |website=www.abs.gov.au}}</ref>)and Brisbane (1,912<ref>{{Cite web |title=2021 People in Greater Brisbane who were born in Romania, Census Country of birth QuickStats {{!}} Australian Bureau of Statistics |url=https://www.abs.gov.au/census/find-census-data/quickstats/2021/3211_3GBRI |access-date=2024-07-17 |website=www.abs.gov.au}}</ref>).
In the 2006 Census, among Romanian-born persons, the religious breakdown was as follows: 80.6% Christianity, 5.8% no religion or atheism, 4.4% Judaism, 3.0% other religions and 5.6% did not answer the question.<ref>[http://www.abs.gov.au/ausstats/subscriber.nsf/0/5618AB4511347DC2CA257306000D44C2/$File/2914055002_2006%20(Reissue).xls 2006 census data] abs.gov.au</ref>
==Notable Romanian Australians== {{image array|perrow=6|width=100|height=100| border-width = 1 |image1 = Ted Theodore.jpg| caption1 = Ted Theodore | image2 = Julian Savulescu 2009b.jpg| caption2 = Julian Savulescu | image3 = Daniel Ionita portrait by Etienne Reynaud.jpeg| caption3 = Daniel Ioniță | image4 = Lauren Mitchell 2012.jpg| caption4= Lauren Mitchell | image5 = Cameroon-Australia 7(cropped).jpg| caption5 = Ajdin Hrustic }} * Victor Albert Bailey, physicist (his mother was Romanian) * Traian Chirilă, chemist<ref>{{Cite web |title=Professor Traian Chirila |url=https://qei.org.au/research/researchers/professor-traian-chirila/ |access-date=2024-07-17 |website=Queensland Eye Institute |language=en-AU}}</ref> * Carin Clonda, squash player * Greg Conescu, rugby league footballer * Daniela Costian, Olympic bronze medalist<ref>{{Cite web |title=Daniela Costian |url=https://www.olympics.com.au/olympians/daniela-costian/ |access-date=2024-07-17 |website=Australian Olympic Committee |language=en-AU}}</ref> * Andrew Ilie, tennis player<ref>{{Cite web |title=Flashback Friday: Shirt-ripping Andrew Ilie becomes Aussie cult hero |url=https://www.tennis.com.au/news/2020/12/11/flashback-friday-shirt-ripping-andrew-ilie-becomes-aussie-cult-hero |access-date=2024-07-17 |website=Tennis Australia |language=en-AU}}</ref> * Daniel Ioniță, poet<ref>{{Cite web |last=J.Burke |date=2021-12-24 |title=Daniel Ionita |url=https://flyingislandspocketpoets.com.au/daniel-ionita/ |access-date=2024-07-17 |website=Flying Islands Pocket Poets |language=en-AU}}</ref> * Lucy Kiraly, model and television presenter<ref>{{Cite web |title=Lucy Kiraly |url=https://www.female.com.au/lucy-kiraly-celebrity.htm |access-date=2024-07-17 |website=www.female.com.au |language=en}}</ref> * Ted Theodore, 12th Treasurer of Australia and Deputy Prime Minister of Australia (1929-1931) (his father was Romanian)<ref>{{Cite web |title=Ted Theodore: the proto-Keynesian {{!}} Treasury.gov.au |url=https://treasury.gov.au/publication/economic-roundup-issue-1-2010/economic-roundup-issue-1-2010/ted-theodore-the-proto-keynesian |access-date=2024-07-17 |website=treasury.gov.au}}</ref> * Anthony Fisher, prelate, Archbishop of Sydney<ref>{{Cite web |title=Archbishop's Biography |url=https://www.sydneycatholic.org/our-archbishop/archbishops-biography/ |access-date=2024-07-17 |website=Catholic Archdiocese of Sydney |language=en-AU}}</ref> * Hagi Gligor, footballer<ref>{{Cite web |title=What's in a name? The challenge to emulate a footballing legend |url=https://www.sbs.com.au/news/article/whats-in-a-name-the-challenge-to-emulate-a-footballing-legend/cictcwdmm |access-date=2024-07-17 |website=SBS News |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Bossi |first=Dominic |date=2014-02-28 |title=Hagi Gligor shows skills matter more than size |url=https://www.smh.com.au/sport/soccer/hagi-gligor-shows-skills-matter-more-than-size-20140228-33r50.html |access-date=2024-07-17 |website=The Sydney Morning Herald |language=en}}</ref> * Raimond Gaita, philosopher and writer (his father was Romanian)<ref>{{Cite web |title=Raimond Gaita, b. 1946 |url=http://www.portrait.gov.au/people/raimond-gaita-1946/ |access-date=2024-07-17 |website=National Portrait Gallery people}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Conversation with Raimond Gaita {{!}} DWL |url=https://desiwriterslounge.net/articles/papercuts-raimond-gaita/ |access-date=2024-07-17 |website=desiwriterslounge.net}}</ref> * Daniela Nuțu-Gajić, chess player * Ajdin Hrustic, footballer<ref>{{Cite web |last=Bossi |first=Dominic |date=2022-06-11 |title='He's gone to another level': How Hrustic went from forgotten man to Socceroos star |url=https://www.smh.com.au/sport/soccer/he-s-gone-to-another-level-how-hrustic-went-from-forgotten-man-to-socceroos-star-20220611-p5at03.html |access-date=2024-07-17 |website=The Sydney Morning Herald |language=en}}</ref> * Lance Picioane, Australian rules footballer<ref>{{Cite web |date=2013-04-12 |title=Becoming Lance |url=https://www.aflplayers.com.au/news-feed/stories/becoming-lance |access-date=2024-07-17 |website=AFL Players' Association Limited |language=en-AU}}</ref> * Ion Popa, rower * Rosemary Popa, rower * Julian Savulescu, philosopher and bioethicist * Lauren Mitchell, artistic gymnast * Mirka Mora, prominent artist (her mother was Romanian)<ref>{{Cite news |date=2021-03-13 |title='Paint hope, joy and resilience': Holocaust survivor transformed trauma into iconic artworks |url=https://www.abc.net.au/news/2021-03-14/mirka-mora-holocaust-survivor-melbourne-artist-exhibition/13211696 |access-date=2024-07-17 |work=ABC News |language=en-AU}}</ref> * Aida Tomescu, artist<ref>{{Cite web |title=Aida Tomescu |url=https://www.flowersgallery.com/artists/1299-aida-tomescu/ |access-date=2024-07-17 |website=Flowers Gallery |language=en}}</ref> * Edmond Lupancu, footballer * Lucian Boz, writer
== See also== {{Portal|Australia|Romania}} * Demographics of Australia * European Australians * Europeans in Oceania * Immigration to Australia * Romanian diaspora * Australia–Romania relations
== References == {{Reflist}}
{{Romanian diaspora}} {{Ethnic groups in Australia}}
Romania Australia * Category:Australia–Romania relations